Aborea

Aborea is a new German RPG published May 2011 by the 13Mann Verlag and created explicitly with new players in mind. The box contains a Players Guide, a GM guide a A2-sized village map and a (beautiful) A0-sized map of a continent.

The rules are in some aspects similar to Rolemaster as Aborea started its life as a setting for Rolemaster. However the expressed intent of its creators is to keep it a rules-light beginner-friendly RPG.

Also the game world is not going to be described in the level of detail that seems to bog down DSA. Instead the designers are going to leave most parts of the landscape open for the individual player groups to describe for themselves.